EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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CARING FOR THE SEED. 



Storing and Drying Seed. — 



The selected ears should be placed where they will dry in the shortest 

 reasonable time and various methods have been employed for this pur- 

 pose. There is no better method from the standpoint of efficiency than 



Fig. 5. — A practical rack for drying seed corn. 



the old one of braiding the ears together by the husks left upon them 

 or tying them in lots by strings and hanging in the summer kitchen or 

 in the attic above near the stovepipe. This, however, requires consider- 

 able room and is not altogether satisfactory to the workers in the 

 kitchen. A furnace room is a good place, providing it is well ventilated 

 and an occasional fire is built. Frequently the colm is left in crates 

 and while this is usually a successful method, there is more or less 

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